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Remember the emergency numbers!

112 General emergency number

02 041 000 Sea rescue emergency number

09 471 977 Poison Information Centre

Call the general emergency number 112 for help in urgent cases of genuine emergency. This number connects you to the fire department, ambulance services, police, emergency social services, and sea rescue.

There is no area code in an emergency number. The number is always the same, even when calling from a mobile phone. Emergency calls are free of charge.

Further details of the Emergency Response Centre are available on its website: www.112.fi (In English)

The main legal duties of the department for rescua services include preventing fires and accidents, putting out fires, organising rescue operations in cases of accident and danger, and civil defence.
The Department is also responsible for ambulance services in Hailuoto, Ii, Kempele and Oulu and it organises first response operations supporting ambulance services in ten municipalities.Contact details (in Finnish)
http://pelastuslaitos.ouka.fi (in Finnish)

Police

The Oulu Police Department is responsible for maintaining public order and security, issuing permits and managing lost property in the City of Oulu and 13 surrounding districts. The Police operate from the main police station in Oulu, and from branch police stations in Haukipudas and Liminga. Police services are also available at service points in Muhos and Vaala.Website of the Oulu police Department (in Finnish)

The Emergency Response Centre Administration is the first link in a chain of assistance and safety services. It also serves as a communication centre for the rescue, police, social, and health services, supporting and assisting their active units. Emergency Response Centres provide help in urgent cases of genuine emergency where a person's life, health, property or the environment are endangered or threatened, or if there is good reason to suspect this. www.112.fi > In English